I think the main problem with the system is that it is self-defeating. The purpose is to create discussion, but you are forced to post before you can actually see the content you are supposed to be discussing. The majority of the posts in thread are just going to be contentless posts made just to SEE the content. But, once you have seen it, there is no incentive for the people who don't want to be social to want to say anything more; they've already made their spam post to see it.

I really can't see any good way to incite discussion without inconveniencing the forums. I think it is just a given that in any fetish forum a majority of the traffic is just going to be lurkers interested in an anonymous wank.

I think the main problem with the system is that it is self-defeating. The purpose is to create discussion, but you are forced to post before you can actually see the content you are supposed to be discussing. The majority of the posts in thread are just going to be contentless posts made just to SEE the content. But, once you have seen it, there is no incentive for the people who don't want to be social to want to say anything more; they've already made their spam post to see it.

I really can't see any good way to incite discussion without inconveniencing the forums. I think it is just a given that in any fetish forum a majority of the traffic is just going to be lurkers interested in an anonymous wank.

I'll go even further than what you said : due to the fact the topics are full of spam posts... even if someone wanted to write a constructive comment, they can't ! Simply because in a matter of hours, their post would be drown in the mass of spam posts, and thus completely ignored...